Petitioner, Fred Minefee, pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing and selling marijuana in violation of the Narcotic Drug Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 22-3). He was placed on five years probation on December 29, 1969, the first year to be served in the Cook County Jail. The trial judge stayed the Mittimus until January 29, 1970, with petitioner's initial bond to remain in effect.

On January 29, 1970, petitioner failed to appear in court and was subsequently indicted for bail jumping. He was apprehended on July 13, 1970 and on October 29, 1970 pleaded guilty to the offense of bail jumping and was sentenced to serve one to five years in the State Penitentiary.

On May 17, 1971, petitioned filed a prose petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1-7). Counsel appointed to represent petitioner failed an amended post conviction petition on October 21, 1971. It alleged that petitioner's conviction for selling and possessing marijuana under the Narcotic Drug Act was void under the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. McCabe, 49 Ill.2d 338, 275 N.E.2d 407. The amended petition also alleged that petitioner's conviction for bail jumping should be voided since said charge arose in connection with drug charges held to be unconstitutional in McCabe.

On November 18, 1971, the State moved to dismiss the amended petition. A full hearing was had at the completion of which the trial court entered an order voiding petitioner's convictions for the sale and possession of marijuana, but dismissed that part of the petition requesting the court to void the bail jumping conviction. Petitioner appeals from that dismissal.

Petitioner raises the following issues: 1) whether a conviction for bail jumping is void when bail is given in connection with the violation of a statute subsequently determined unconstitutional; and 2) whether the trial court erred in not reconsidering the sentence imposed for bail jumping once the convictions for possession of marijuana had been voided.

Petitioner maintains that a conviction under an unconstitutional statute is a nullity and void (People v. Eisen, 357 Ill. 105, 191 N.E. 219), and contends that as the offense of jail jumping arose out of the prior unconstitutional and void conviction, any order of court requiring petitioner to begin his sentence would also be null and void. Petitioner concludes that his conviction for bail jumping is void.

When petitioner failed to appear on January 29, 1970, he was indicated for violating section 32-10 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 32-10) which provides:

"Whoever, having been admitted to bail for appearance before any court of record of this State, incurs a forfeiture of the bail and willfully fails to surrender himself within 30 days following the date of such forfeiture, shall, if the bail was given in connection with a charge of felony or pending appeal or certiorari after conviction of any offense be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both; or if the bail was given in connection with a charge of commiting a misdemeanor, or for appearance as a witness, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in a penal institution other than the penitentiary not more than one year, or both.

Nothing in this section shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of its power to punish for contempt."

• 1 The language of the above bail jumping statute makes it clear that the Legislature intended to create a separate offense for violation of the conditions of a bail bond apart from the initial offense for which the bond was issued. In the case at bar the record indicates that petitioner jumped bail nearly two years before the decision in McCabe and thus it cannot be said that his actions were taken pursuant to any reasonable belief that his convictions were void, but rather his actions were in deliberate violation of the court's order, the conditions of petitioner's bail and the bail jumping statute.

Petitioner apparently believed the sentence imposed upon him for bail jumping was excessive. He addressed the court after pleading guilty and after sentence was imposed and stated.

"I must admit I was given probation for the crimes and this I thought to be fair, but I also was given the first year in jail. This I thought to be unfair, because without that year I would never had come back before you or any other judge.

The reason I feel as though I was given an unfair deal is because in the very same courtroom, and before you, I had seen a woman charged with murder, the murder of her lover, mind you, her husband was present in court, and he had forgiven her for having a lover. So you gave her five years probation and the first four months in jail, time served, after the charge had ...

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